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Idiom Series #44: Hit the Nail on the Head
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we use the image of a carpenter striking a nail at just the…
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Idiom Series #43: Hang in There
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we so often use the image of clinging tightly—holding on with all our…
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Idiom Series #42: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would waiting, which is usually seen as one of the most passive things a…
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Idiom Series #41: Go the Extra Mile
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why did a lesson about Roman soldiers and civilian work turn into the phrase we…
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Idiom Series #40: Go Dutch
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder How did a national stereotype that started with an old rivalry turn into a common,…
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Idiom Series #39: Go Back to the Drawing Board
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we picture an empty table, a blank surface ready for a new design,…
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Idiom Series #38: Give Someone the Cold Shoulder
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we use a piece of cold meat—a leftover, something forgotten—as a way to…
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Idiom Series #37: Give Someone the Benefit of the Doubt
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would a legal principle, a rule used in courtrooms, become the way we discuss…
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Idiom Series #36: Get Your Ducks in a Row
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we picture a line of ducklings when we think about being organized and…
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Idiom Series #35: Get Your Act Together
By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would the language of theater become the way we talk about taking life seriously?…